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Santa Cruz advert featuring Natas Santa Monica Airlines deck
I’m certainly no expert on vintage skateboard companies, so I’m not quite sure where this fits in, but what we have here is a Santa Cruz advert promoting a Natas Kaupas deck which includes the “Santa Monica Airlines” logo. Perhaps someone can help out with the details of the relationship on that brand to various…
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UK Skateboard Shop Adverts 1988 style
There are some unfamiliar names in here. Which of these is still in existence? Add a comment if you know. Surf Ski, Coventry Gridiron, Nottingham Stamyps Skates, Birmingham Cheshire Skateboard Centre, Northwich Skate Zone, Torquay Mycyles, Malvern TnB, Tiverton Scotby Cycles, Carlisle Round Ocean, Doncaster Tombstone, Bristol There’s also Matchrite, selling their jokes and someone…
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Steve Douglas: Vans Skatepark and Australians moving in on USA
Two things in this month’s instalment of news from America catch my eye. First is Steve writing about Vans planning to build a big skatepark. I think at this point it was to be at their factory, not the shopping mall extravaganza which came later. But I think that the move towards providing big and…